Transformative learning in practice [electronic book] : insights from community, workplace, and higher education / Jack Mezirow and Edward W. Taylor, and associates.
By: Mezirow, Jack [author]
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Contributor(s): Taylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodbury) [author].
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BookSeries: Jossey-Bass higher education series: Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: online resource (xxix, 303 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470257906 (hardback); 9780470605431 (e-Book).Subject(s): Transformative learning -- Cross-cultural studiesAdditional physical formats: Print version: Transformative learning in practice : insights from community, workplace, and higher education.DDC classification: 370.115 Online resources: e-Book Also available in print form.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The leading authorities in the field produced this comprehensive resource, which provides strategies and methods for fostering Transformative Learning (TL) practice in a wide variety of higher and adult education settings. The book answers relevant questions such as: What are effective practices for promoting TL in the classroom? What is it about TL that is most helpful in informing practice? How does the teaching setting shape the practice of TL? What are the successes, strengths, and outcomes of fostering TL? What are the risks and challenges when practicing TL in the classroom?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
MTU Cork Module PLAC8003 – Supplementary reading.
MTU Cork Module EDUC8018- Supplementary reading.
MTU Cork Module EDUC6010- recommended reading
Also available in print form.
Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. xi)
- About the Authors (p. xv)
- Part 1 Introduction (p. 1)
- 1 Fostering Transformative Learning (p. 3)
- 2 Transformative Learning Theory (p. 18)
- Part 2 Transformative Learning as Higher Education (p. 33)
- 3 Creating Alternative Realities: Arts-Based Approaches to Transformative Learning (p. 35)
- 4 Constructive Teaching and Learning: Collaboration in a Sociology Classroom (p. 46)
- 5 Facilitating Transformative Learning: Engaging Emotions in an Online Context (p. 57)
- 6 Fostering Transformative Learning in Leadership Development (p. 67)
- 7 Mentoring: When Learners Make the Learning (p. 78)
- 8 Transformative Approaches to Culturally Responsive Teaching: Engaging Cultural Imagination (p. 89)
- 9 Promoting Dialogic Teaching Among Higher Education Faculty in South Africa (p. 100)
- 10 Transformative Palliative Care Education (p. 111)
- Part 3 Transformative Learning As Workplace Education (p. 123)
- 11 Engaging Critical Reflection in Corporate America (p. 125)
- 12 Charting the Course: How Storytelling Can Foster Communicative Learning in the Workspace (p. 136)
- 13 Coaching to Transform Perpective (p. 148)
- 14 The Transformative Potential of Action Learning Conversations: Developing Critically Reflective Practice Skills (p. 160)
- 15 Transformative Learning in Adult Basic Education (p. 172)
- 16 From Tradesperson to Teacher: A Transformative Transition (p. 182)
- Part 4 Transformative Learning As Community And Social Change (p. 191)
- 17 Fostering a Learning Sanctuary for Transformation in Sustainability Education (p. 193)
- 18 Popular Education, Women's Work, and Transforming Lives in Bolivia (p. 205)
- 19 Promoting Personal Empowerment with Women in East Harlem Through Journalling and Coaching (p. 216)
- 20 Breaking Out of the Egg: Methods of Transformative Learning in Rural West Africa (p. 227)
- 21 Farmer Field Schools: A Platform for Transformative Learning in Rural Africa (p. 240)
- 22 Collaborative Inquiry in Action: Transformative Learning Through Co-Inquiry (p. 251)
- 23 Challenging Racism in Self and Others: Transformative Learning as a Living Practice
- Part 5 Reflections (p. 273)
- 24 Looking Forward by Looking Back: Reflections on the Practice of Transformative Learning (p. 275)
- Index (p. 291)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Jack Mezirow is professor emeritus of adult and continuing education at Teachers College, Columbia University. His previous books include Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning, Fostering Critical Reflection in Adulthood, Learning as Transformation, and others.Edward W. Taylor is associate professor in adult education at Penn State Capitol College University in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He has published widely on transformative learning including in the journals Adult Education Quarterly, International Journal of Lifelong Education, and the Journal of Transformative Education. He is a coeditor of Adult Education Quarterly.